“…Religious delusions occur in 36% of schizophrenic patients, 33% of bipolar patients, 17% of patients with substance-induced psychosis, and 26% of patients with other psychoses (Appelbaum et al, 1999). Some patients with religious delusions have committed selfharm, suicide, or homicide (Mohr and Pfeifer, 2009). However, the psychiatrist's task is complicated by the fact that hallucinations can be a normal part of religious experience in certain contexts, and are then experienced as positive.…”